U.K. unemployment is also scheduled for 4:30 a.m. The ILO
jobless rate is expected to remain unchanged at 8.2 percent in
May.

Switzerland's July Zew survey is expected at 5 a.m.

European construction output also hits at 5 a.m. There is no
consensus for the May report, which follows a 2.7 percent
contraction a month earlier.

Attention shifts to the U.S. at 8:30 a.m. with housing starts
and building permits. Starts are expected to accelerate 5.2
percent to a pace of 745,000 in June, while building permits slow
2.4 percent to a 765,000 pace.